MLB, Minor League Stat Category Leaders For August

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Let’s round up select category leaders for the month of August in the major leagues and full-season minor leagues.

For the second month in a row, Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber led all major league hitters in home runs and RBIs. Actually, he tied with Rays 22-year-old slugger Junior Caminero for the lead with 12 homers in August.

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz led all MLB hitters in on-base percentage for a second month in a row, burnishing his Rookie of the Year credentials.

What a month for Brewers second baseman Brice Turang! The 25-year-old hit 13 home runs in his first two seasons combined. This year, he has 16 bombs heading into September. During the month of August, Turang led all MLB hitters in slugging, total bases and OPS. This is astonishing for a hitter who entered the season with a career .328 slugging percentage.

To qualify for rate categories, major league batters must have 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Minor leaguers require 2.7 PAs per team game.

MLB
.367 Bo Bichette (TOR)

Minors
.434 Raudi Rodriguez, Low-A Inland Empire (LAA)

MLB
12 Junior Caminero (TB); Kyle Schwarber (PHI)

Minors
11 Nick Cimillo, Double-A Altoona (PIT); Kala’i Rosario, Double-A Wichita (MIN)

MLB
33 Kyle Schwarber (PHI)

Minors
32 Konnor Griffin, High-A Greensboro/Double-A Altoona (PIT)

MLB
.471 Nick Kurtz (ATH)

Minors
.529 Raudi Rodriguez, Low-A Inland Empire (LAA)

MLB
.694 Brice Turang (MIL)

Minors
.844 Harold Castro, Triple-A Omaha (KC)

MLB
1.092 Brice Turang (MIL)

Minors
1.329 Harold Castro, Triple-A Omaha (KC)

MLB
42 Trea Turner (PHI)

Minors
43 Felix Reyes, Double-A Reading (PHI); Raudi Rodriguez, Low-A Inland Empire (LAA)

MLB
28 Geraldo Perdomo (ARI)

Minors
28 Ryan Waldschmidt, Double-A Amarillo (ARI)

MLB
12 Bryan Reynolds (PIT)

Minors
13 Aidan Miller, Double-A Reading (PHI); Braden Montgomery, Double-A Birmingham (CWS); Felix Reyes, Double-A Reading (PHI)

MLB
11 Jazz Chisholm Jr. (NYY); Juan Soto (NYM)

Minors
34 Kendall George, High-A Great Lakes (LAD)

MLB
19 Shea Langeliers (ATH)

Minors
19 CJ Alexander, Triple-A Oklahoma City (LAD); Jose Rojas, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NYY); Kala’i Rosario, Double-A Wichita (MIN)

MLB
75 Brice Turang (MIL)

Minors
76 Harold Castro, Triple-A Omaha (KC)

MLB
27 Juan Soto (NYM)

Minors
27 Travis Bazzana, High-A Lake County/Double-A Akron (CLE)

MLB
43 James Wood (WSH)

Minors
47 Spencer Jones, Triple-A Scranton/WB (NYY)

Nationals righthander Jarlin Susana missed most of May, all of June and most of July with a strained right elbow. The 21-year-old returned in August to make six starts, five of them for Double-A Harrisburg. Susana left his sixth start early with an injury, but he still had enough time to record a minor league-leading 47 strikeouts in 25.1 innings.

To qualify for rate categories, major league pitchers must have one inning per team game. Minor leaguers require 0.8 innings per team game.

MLB
1.01 Hurston Waldrep (ATL)

Minors
0.72 Julio Mendez, Low-A Jupiter (MIA)

MLB
5 Cade Horton (CHC); Clayton Kershaw (LAD)

Minors
5 Chance Huff, Double-A Harrisburg (WSH); Logan McGuire, Low-A Lynchburg (CLE); Parker Smith, Low-A Fayetteville (HOU)

MLB
45 Tarik Skubal (DET)

Minors
47 Jarlin Susana, High-A Wilmington/Double-A Harrisburg (WSH)

MLB
10 Raisel Iglesias (ATL)

Minors
6 Phil Fox, High-A Winston-Salem (CWS); Trevor Kuncl, Double-A Chattanooga (CIN)

MLB
42 Trevor Rogers (BAL)

Minors
34.2 Wilber Dotel, Double-A Altoona (PIT); R.J. Gordon, Double-A Binghamton (NYM)

MLB
.150 Nick Pivetta (SD)

Minors
.122 Ryan Birchard, High-A Wisconsin (MIL)

MLB
0.68 Shota Imanaga (CHC)

Minors
0.68 Julio Mendez, Low-A Jupiter (MIA)

MLB
.488 Shota Imanaga (CHC)

Minors
.383 Luis De Leon, High-A Aberdeen/Double-A Chesapeake (BAL)

MLB
15 Tyler Rogers (NYM); Gabe Speier (SEA)

Minors
14 Garrett Davila, Double-A Harrisburg/Triple-A Rochester (WSH)

MLB
9 Mitchell Parker (WSH); Cal Quantrill (MIA/ATL)

Minors
9 Bryce Conley, Triple-A Rochester (WSH); Juaron Watts-Brown, Double-A Chesapeake (BAL)

MLB
12 Edward Cabrera (MIA)

Minors
15 Ryan Birchard, High-A Wisconsin (MIL)